#B8B8CE#B8B8CE

#B8B8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.031 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B8CE
RGB	rgb(184, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 4.31, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 11.87, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0084 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.031 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0459, 48.9272, 65.2932)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B8CE #CECEB8

analogous

#B8C3CE #B8B8CE #C3B8CE

triadic

#B8B8CE #CEB8B8 #B8CEB8

tetradic

#B8B8CE #CEB8C3 #CECEB8 #B8CEC3

square

#B8B8CE #CEB8C3 #CECEB8 #B8CEC3

split-complementary

#B8B8CE #CEC3B8 #C3CEB8

monochromatic

#70709C #9494B5 #B8B8CE #DCDCE7 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B8B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B8B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B8CE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B8CE	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.031 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcddd',
    500: '#b8b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b8ce;
$custom-light: #cdcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.03093,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B8CE

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9D499D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B8CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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